Casket-handle.



Patented Dec. 3, |901.

W. W. KULP. GASKET HANDLE. (Applicazioni man :um n, 1961.1

(In Rodel.)

WILLIAM W. KULP, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA.

CASKE'F'MHANDLEn SECIFIOATION forming part of Letters Patent N o.687,889, dated December 3, 1901, Application led Juno 11J 1901.A SerialNo.`64,083. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. KULP, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lancaster, county of Lancaster, and State of Pennsylvania,have invented acertain new and useful Impovement in Casket-Handles, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

Myinvention relates to a new and useful improvement in casket-handles,and has for its object to provide a removable casket-handle which can beeasily and readily attached to or detached from the casket, and themeans for attaching the same will be such that it cannot becomeaccidentally detached while carrying the casket, and by the formation ofthe handle and the means of attaching it said handle will be held asufficient distance from the side of the casket to allow the same to becarried with convenience.

With these ends in view this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains may understand how to make and use the same, the constructionand operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which-Figure l is a cross-sectional view through one corner of acasket,showing one of my han dles applied thereto and Fig. 2, aperspective view of one of the clips which will be secured to the bottomof the casket and a portion of the two ends of the handle adapted to iitwithin the clips.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, A represents the casket,in the bottom of which are adapted to be secured the clips C. Theseclips consist of a plate bent so as to form the two depressed portionsD, and the clips are adapted to be secured to the bottom of the casketby means of the screws passing through the holes E into the bottom ofthe casket.

F is the handle, which is composed of the cross-piece G, which furnishesthe hand-grip, and the two side pieces H, which are secured to the endof the cross-piece G and extend downward vand bent in the manner shownin Fig. 1, the lower part of the side pieces H being bent so as to liehorizontally when the handle is in position. The free ends of the piecesH are bent back upon themselves, so as to form a hook, as indicated atI. When the clips C are secured to the bottom of the casket, thedepressed portions D will form clips into which the hook I upon the endsof the side pieces H can be inserted from the rear. Thus the handleswill be secured to the casket, but can be easily removed when desired.

The advantage of my invention is that the handles, if need be, can bemanufactured very cheaply and although simple of construction will bevery durable. The side strips are' composed of iiat material and havetheir ends bent so as to form Hat hooks, which will fit in clips havingopenings of the same siz'e as the strip will be in cross-section, andthe hooked part of the strips being inserted from the rear will contactwith the clips both above and below the same and thus forma very strongconnection between the handle and the clips, and the handle being bentto the proper shape will be always held in position for con venientlylifting the casket.

I have shown the handle in its simplest form, with no ornamentationwhatever; but of course slight modifications could be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of my in vent-ion.` Therefore I do not wish tobe con-l fined to the exact construction here shown.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and usefulis In a device of the character described, a clip adapted to be securedagainst the bottom of the casket, two sockets formed in each clip,handles composed of a hand-grip, side strips secured to each end of thehand-grip and eX- tending downward and bent so that the lower end willlie horizontally when the handles are in position, hooks formed bybending this horizontal portion back upon itself, said hooked portionadapted to slide within the socket in the clips from the rear of saidclips, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM W. KULP. Witnesses:

FRANK F. HOLBACH, A. S. Dm'rnnn,

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